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Levine Andrade (1954 – 20 November 2018) was an
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n-born British
musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
(
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
and viola), and
conductor.
Early life
Levine was born in Bombay to his parents Bonaventure and Juliana, and emigrated to England. Following a scholarship to the
Yehudi Menuhin School
The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. The current director of music is the British classical pianist Ashley Wass. The school is on ...
at the age of 9 he became one of its first twelve members and was tutored by Robert Masters and
Yehudi Menuhin
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* Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist and conductor
** Yehudi Menuhin School, a music school in Surrey, England
** Who's Yehoodi?, a catchphrase referring to t ...
. At the age of 11,
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Television made a full documentary about him in their series "The World of a Child". Just before leaving the school he took up the
viola
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, which he studied with
Patrick Ireland who was coaching chamber music at the school.
Arditti Quartet
Andrade became one of the founder members of the
Arditti Quartet with
Irvine Arditti
Irvine Arditti (born 8 February 1953) is a British violinist, as well as the leader and founder of the Arditti Quartet.
Biography
Arditti attended the Central Foundation Boys' School in London before continuing his studies at the Royal Academy ...
, Lennox Mackenzie and John Senter, inspired by their mutual interest in
20th-century music. In the seventeen years he played with them, the quartet had an unparalleled career, performing at almost every major music festival throughout the world to critical acclaim. They were asked to play the opening recital for the new Concert Hall of the
Louvre Museum
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in Paris, and the live recording of that concert was awarded one of France's highest recording awards.
He left his very busy touring schedule in 1990 to spend more time with his wife and four children to work in London as a freelance musician.
2008–2018 work
Levine conducted music for film, television, radio and record albums, as well as founding the London Telefilmonic Orchestra to play for various films and television commercials, including the Marlene Dietrich parody for Specsavers in the UK. He also wrote a film score for ''Strings'', a film based on the true-life story of a Bosnian cellist.
He was also brought into the 1997 re-recording of
Elton John
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's "Candle in the Wind" by Beatles producer,
George Martin
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, for the Diana, Princess of Wales Tribute single.
Awards
*
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (short: Siemens Music Prize, german: link=no, Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis) is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the Ernst v ...
1999 as part of the Arditti Quartet for "lifetime achievement" in music
Film credits
* ''Chatarra'' (1991)
* ''
Song for a Raggy Boy
''Song for a Raggy Boy'' is an 2003 Irish historical drama film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.
Plot
In 1939, on the brink of World War II, the St. Judes Refor ...
'' (2003)
* ''
The Great Water
''The Great Water'' ( mk, Γолемата вода, Latinic: Golemata voda) is a 2004 Macedonian film starring Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Meto Jovanovski and Verica Nedeska. It was directed and written by Ivo Tr ...
'' (2004)
* ''
The Road Home'' (2010)
Musical credits
* ''
Baby the Stars Shine Bright'' by
Everything but the Girl
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* "Divinity" by
The Isness
* ''
Laughing Stock
''Laughing Stock'' is the fifth and final studio album by English band Talk Talk, released in 1991. Following their previous release '' Spirit of Eden'' (1988), bassist Paul Webb left the group, which reduced Talk Talk to the duo of singer/mul ...
'' by
Talk Talk
Talk Talk were an English band formed in 1981, led by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drummer), Lee Harris (drums), and Paul Webb (bass). The group achieved early chart success with the synth-pop singles "Talk Talk (Talk Talk s ...
* "
Candle in the Wind 1997
"Candle in the Wind 1997", also known as "Goodbye England's Rose" and "Candle in the Wind '97", is a song by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, a re-written and re-recorded version of their 1973 song "Candle in the Wind". ...
" by
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...
* Whitbourn: Luminosity & Other Choral Works (2010)
* "Codex" by
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...
References
External links
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Discogs
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British session musicians
British male violinists
British violists
1954 births
2018 deaths
People educated at Yehudi Menuhin School
Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom